log files gets empty after logrotation, and any messages are not added into the files.

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • After the logrotation , the new log files under /var/log which are "secure", spooler, messages, maillog, cron, and boot.log remains empty without any further updates. - The logs become normal if rsyslog service restarted.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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